Benign paroxysmal tonic upgaze of childhood--a new syndrome.
A child with intermittent upward deviation of the eyes starting at 9 months of age, compensating bending forward of the head, nystagmus on attempted downward gaze and a mild gait ataxia is described. The symptoms gradually disappeared between 3 and 4 years of age. Four cases with identical clinical findings have been initially described by Ouvrier in Australia (5) as "benign paroxysmal tonic upgaze of childhood". It is apparently a new syndrome.
Deonna
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Pediatric Department (Neuropediatric Unit), CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Roulet
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Meyer
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005403:Fixation, Ocular; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D009759:Nystagmus, Pathologic / Q000175:diagnosis; D015835:Ocular Motility Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011698:Pursuit, Smooth